Swearing To Forego Marital Relations With One's Wife
Darussalam · Volume 3
10. The ChaptersOn DivorceSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 2059 · Volume 5 · Page 59
Hasan sahih
حسن صحيح التعليق على ابن ماجة
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2059. It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ swore that he would not enter upon his wives for a month, and he stayed for twenty-nine days until, on the eve of the thirtieth, he entered upon me. I said: 'You swore not to enter upon us for a month.' He said: 'The month may be like this,' and he held up his (ten) fingers three times; 'or the month may be like this,' and he held up his fingers three times, keeping one finger down on the third time." (Hasan)
2059 - حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: أَقْسَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ لَا يَدْخُلَ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ شَهْرًا، فَمَكَثَ تِسْعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ مِسَاءَ ثَلَاثِينَ، دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّكَ أَقْسَمْتَ أَنْ لَا تَدْخُلَ عَلَيْنَا شَهْرًا، فَقَالَ: «الشَّهْرُ كَذَا» ، يُرْسِلُ أَصَابِعَهُ فِيهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، «وَالشَّهْرُ كَذَا» ، وَأَرْسَلَ أَصَابِعَهُ كُلَّهَا، وَأَمْسَكَ إِصْبَعًا وَاحِدًا فِي الثَّالِثَةِ
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If a husband gets angry with his wife for a valid reason, and he swears by the Name of Allāh that he would not have sexual intercourse with her for sometime, it is allowed, and it is called Iyla'. The maximum period of Iyla' is four months. If he has sworn for an unspecified period, and the period of four months has come to end, she is allowed to sue him in court and the court would order him either to divorce her or to establish full matrimonial relations with her. (Al-Baqarah: 226 - 227) If a husband swore for four months, or for a period less than that, but still had intercourse with her before the end of the sworn period, then he would have to pay expiation of oath; and there is no expiation if he stood by his oath until the sworn period, nor would any divorce occur.